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A Hero for a Night is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William James Craft released in USA on 18 december 1927 with Glenn Tryon

A Hero for a Night (1927)

A Hero for a Night
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Released in USA 18 december 1927
Length 1h
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating62% 3.144753.144753.144753.144753.14475

A Hero for a Night is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by William James Craft and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It stars Glenn Tryon, Patsy Ruth Miller and Burr McIntosh.

The film survives and is out on DVD.

Actors

Glenn Tryon

(Hiram Hastings)Patsy Ruth Miller

(Mary Sloan)
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